Andrew Huberman· PhD
And the advice is if you can nap regularly, and you don't struggle with sleep at night, then naps are just fine.
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And the advice is if you can nap regularly, and you don't struggle with sleep at night, then naps are just fine.
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if you take a nap and you are still able to fall asleep at night then naps are fine for you if you're somebody who doesn't like naps because you wake up groggy or grumpy which often happens to certain people then don't nap you certainly do not need to nap
however on the flip side if you are not struggling with your sleep and you can nap regularly during the day the advice is naps can be just fine
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